War on Terrorism

Have you ever been worried on a plane ride? What if that worry was a skyjacking? What would you do it you figured out that the plane you're on is being skyjacked? This is what people probably thought when Dan Cooper Skyjacked a plane. To understand the mystery of Dan Cooper, one must know the story of his skyjacking, what he left behind, and the theories about where he is now. What was Dan Cooper like? Dan Cooper was a well dressed man that looked like a businessman. He looked to be 170-180…

Colgan Air Flight 3407, a passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, carrying forty-five passengers and four crew members. During the instrument landing system approach, the aircraft went into an aerodynamic stall, causing the it to crash and kill all passengers on board. Captain Marvin Renslow was in command of the flight, having accumulated over 3,000 flight hours. Renslow was accompanied by Rebecca Shaw, the first officer who had 2,000 flight hours under her belt. The…

They are fighting for you, me, every one that lives in the country. Over 900 soldiers died in Iraq in 2007. Just in Iraq that’s not including, Afghanistan, and the other wars in other foreign countries. In WW2 407,316 soldiers died in ww2 that’s our neighbors, friends and family, and even people that did not know you fighting till their dying breath for you. What makes them a hero, they protect and serve for us and their…

In the early evening of January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Washington DC’s 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River, just minutes after take-off from Washington National Airport. Only six passengers survived the crash, all of whom clung to the tail section of the plane as it sunk slowly into the freezing, ice-clogged waters. Arnold D. Williams, Jr. was one of those passengers. As rescue workers and ordinary civilians tried desperately to reach the injured and…

happens to them because they’re the enemy. A famous retired Marine and now Senator John McCain was on a tour in Vietnam when he was captured and taken by the North Vietnamese for nearly 5 ½ years as a prisoner of war (John McCain, 2008). John McCain was one of the many prisoners of war at the time but his story is brutal like many others, to this day he still suffers the effects of what was done to him physically and mentally. John McCain was not a terrorist just a soldier who was doing his job,…

2001, 9/11 and US invasion into IRAQ Opinion paper "If its Thesis is Correct, the Justification for Going to War in Iraq is Built on a Series of Outrageous Lies." Alexandra Bruce January 25, 2013 In September 11th 2001 the whole world shuddered under the pressure of the tragedy which US society felt on its skin. In a day 2974 innocent people died in terroristic attack. That morning everything was going as usually. No-one could even imagine that in some hours he/she will die or burry the…

This attack occurred at the World Trade Center in New York City. A jet fuel crashed into the north tower first. The impact left a huge gaping hole that was starting to burn near the 80th floor (110-story skyscraper) this impact instantly killed hundreds of people and trapped hundreds on the above floors. They began evacuation of both of the towers. Eighteen minutes into evacuating the towers a second plane came into sight and hit the south tower near the 60th floor. This collision caused a…

Qaeda which outlines training and how to protect operations. This document is listed procedures on what to do in certain situations. (Edwards, 2016) In August of 1996, Osama bin Laden issued his first fatwa, a 30-page polemic entitled "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places," against the United States and Israel. (Edwards, 2016) The premise was to get people to…

Osama`s Terror almost caught up to me No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer is the firsthand account of the mission that killed Bin Laden. The mission was called operation Neptune Spear, where Mark Owen was tasked with leading a team of Seals into the guest house of the compound that held Bin Laden. Laden`s compound was in Abbottabad, Pakistan. I was born and lived in Pakistan for thirteen years of my life. Reading No Easy Day gave me insights on the terrors that happened in Pakistan. The…

All this time everyone thought that 9/11 was caused by terrorist attacks that might not be the case. There is more to that story then what is told. The government has planned acts of annihilation , which were described as terrorist attacks , one such was to make the Cuban government look like the culprit , these incidents of annihilation was part of a plan called Operation Northwood’s , there was one occurrence that was not just some terrorist attack , it was September 11 ,2001 also known as…